Section 3, Rule G22: Clarification of Minibot contact when deploying

[2011FRC1619]

Regarding the GDC response to the post titled "Section 3, Rule G22: Clarification of Minibot contact when deploying", we were not requesting a design review, and we were in fact asking specifically about Rule G22. The intent of explaining a possible robot design was to help illustrate the question to better enable you to provide an accurate response. Here is our original question rephrased to more direct regarding Rule G22:

If a Hostbot/Minibot complies with G22, but the referee is unable to confidently determine such compliance (or inversely, confidently determine noncompliance) during the match, what does the referee specifically do? For instance:

- Does the referee issue a penalty due to not being able to confidently determine compliance?
- Does the referee not issue a penalty due to not being able to confidently determine noncompliance?
- Does the referee inspect the robot for compliance/noncompliance after the match, but before the match is scored, so the match can then be scored appropriately (that is, no penalty)?
- Does the referee inspect the robot for compliance/noncompliance after the match, but after the match is scored? If so, is a penalty for that match issued or not?
- Something else?

The same question could be posed about the playing configuration limit regarding the 84" diameter restriction. There is currently not a practical way during a match for a referee to determine if a robot was just inside/outside the 84" diameter limit.

Thank you in advance for your response.

[GDC]

Hypothetical game situations are highly context dependent. It is not practical for us to provide definitive answers for all individual situations which may be presented.